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Role Description

This role involves supporting the Office of Columbia River and the Water Resources Program to enhance current and future statewide water supply to benefit the environment, economy, and citizens.

• Oversee grant and contract agreements issued by the Water Resources Program (WRP) and Office of Columbia River (OCR) with a biennial appropriation of more than $100 million in capital funds.
• Ensure agreements follow all applicable laws and provide oversight of capital funds to ensure timely spending and that administration conforms to legislative intent.
• Provide agreement and capital budget consultation to the Water Resources Program and the Office of Columbia River.
• Review grant and contract agreements to ensure they meet applicable policies, procedures, rules, and laws.
• Develop and implement grant application best practices, policies, and procedures.
• Engage with financial managers and recipients to negotiate agreement language to resolve disputes or conflicts.
• Track and monitor expenditures from all bond accounts and report to WRP / OCR Financial Services Manager.
• Coordinate project level information by appropriation and/or program to roll-up detail for OCR, WRP Program Leadership Team, Capital Budget Officer, Chief Financial Officer, etc.
• Obtain, monitor, and update quarterly cash flow estimates from all recipients to ensure project performance matches bond sale estimates.

Qualifications

• 11 years of experience and/or education in environmental or natural resource planning, program development, governmental financial management, budget administration, grant or contracting oversight.
• Education involving a major study in business, finance, accounting, land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, landscape architecture, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related field.
• Examples of how to qualify include:
  • 11 years of experience.
  • 10 years of experience AND 30-59 semester or 45-89 quarter college credits.
  • 9 years of experience AND 60-89 semester or 90-134 quarter college credits (Associate’s degree).
  • 8 years of experience AND 90-119 semester or 135-179 quarter college credits.
  • 7 years of experience AND a Bachelor’s degree.
  • 5 years of experience AND a Master’s degree.
  • 4 years of experience AND a Ph.D.

Requirements

• Two years of professional experience in full-time budget analysis and planning.
• Familiarity with water resources and water supply capital construction projects and all phases of development, implementation, and closeout.
• Knowledge of planning principles, techniques, current trends, environmental laws, policies, and programs concerning all phases of state resource development.
• Understanding of governmental administrative structure at local and state levels.
• Awareness of environmental, social, and other problems affecting development of local and state environmental resource programs.
• Familiarity with methods and objectives of urban and natural resources planning.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision for employee & dependent(s)
• Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
• Vacation, Sick, and other Leave
• 11 Paid Holidays per year
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Tuition Waiver
• Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Deferred Compensation Programs
• Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP)
• Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commute Trip Reduction Incentives
• Combined Fund Drive
• SmartHealth